Improvement in belt-couplings



NITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JAMEs'K. P. sHELToN, 'or eA'sToNfAL-ABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELT-COUPLINGS.- i

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l'73,070, datedFebruary 1, 1876; application iile December 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES K. P. SHELTON, of Gaston, in the county ofSumter and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Belt-Coupling, of which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a top View of the ends of a belt connected by my improvedcoupling. Fig. 2 is an under-side View of the same. Fig. 3 is an edgeView of the same, partly in section, to show the construction. Fig. 4.is a perspective view of a section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved coupling forconnecting the ends of a belt, which will cause the ends of the belt todraw in a line with each other, will enable' the belt to be quicklycoupled and uncoupled, shall be strong and durable, and will gotinterfere with the smooth running of the elt;

The invention consists in thel combination of the lace and the two wireswith the ends of a belt provided with the square holes, in the mannerhereinafter fully described, and in the combination of the notchedstrips with the wires, the lace, and the ends of a belt, as hereinafterfully described.

A and B are the ends of a belt to b'e connected or coupled. Inl the endsA B, near their edges, are formed two rows of holes, a

b', which holes should bev made square, to cause the lace C to liesmoothly upon the belt. One more hole should be formed in one end of thebelt than in the other, and the holes in each end should be opposite thespaces between the holes in the other end. D are two Wires, ot' a lengthequal to the width of the belt, and which areplaced upon the outer sideof the belt directly over the holes a and b.

In apply-ing the coupling, one end of the lace G is knotted to the endof the wire D, or

riveted to the belt at the first hole of the row that has the greatestnumber of holes, and is passed around said wire and drawn through saidhole. The lacev C is then -passed up through the rst hole of the otherrow, over the other wire, and down through 'the same hole. The lace isthen passed up through the second hole of the rst or long row, over thewhere it is knotted to the wire or riveted to the belt.

By this arrangement the lace C will lie smooth upon the under side ofthe belt, and

.the wires, loops, andknots will all be upon the upper or outer side ofthe belt.

In case greater strength be required the lace C may be used double,the-two laces be- -ing applied at the same time and in the same way, ashereinbefore described.

E are two 'strips of belting,`rubber, or other suitable material, in theedges of which are formed notches of the same width as the square holesthrough the belt. The aps or tongues thus formed are slipped beneath theWires D, in the spaces between the loops o't'A the lace C, as shown inFig. 1. The wires D thus bear upon the strips E, and are kept fromwearin g the belt. The lace C soon beds itself in the under side of theends of the belt, and is thus protected from bein-g worn.

To uncouplev the belt, toshorten it or place it upon another machine,the wire D, that passes through the loops of the lace C, upon the end ofthe belt that has the fewest holes, ,l

is drawn out, which allows the loops of the lace to be drawn out oftheir holes,and the belt is uncoupled. The belt is recoupled by passingthe loops of' the lace C backthrough the holes in the end of the belt,and slipping the wire through said loops, thus enabling the belt to beuncoupled and recoupled very y quickly.

Having thus described my'invention, I claim v as new and desire tosecure by Letters Pat entu 1. The combination of the lace C and thewires D with the ends AB of a belt, provided with the square holes a b',in substantially the manner herein shown and described..v Y

2. The combination of the notched strips E with the wires D, the lace C,and the ends A 'B of a belt, substantially as herein shown anddescribed. u

J. K. P. SHELTON.

Witnesses:

B. G. B. HAMMOND, A. J. SHELToN.

